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A woman yells at a tidy line of soldiers as they take aim. Officer commands: 'Fire!' It
takes many painful seconds for her to collapse and release a pram with a baby, which
starts slowly tumbling down the steps - these very steps. All of that never happened dur-
ing the real Battleship Potemkin mutiny, but the genius film director Sergei Eisenstein
made the world believe it did. The steps lead down from bul Prymorsky to the Sea Port.
But pause at the top to admire sweeping views of the harbour. You may avoid climbing
back by taking the free
funicular
(
8am-11pm)
that runs parallel.
Bul Prymorsky
STREET
Sooner or later everyone gravitates to this tree-lined pedestrian zone with replica 19th-
century gas lamps, park benches and more photographers armed with a small zoo of an-
imals with which to have your photo taken. At the boulevard's eastern end, you'll spot
stock exchange and later the Regional Soviet Headquarters. The cannon here is a war
trophy captured from the British during the Crimean War. In the square in front of City
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The plaque reads 'To Pushkin - from the Citizens of Odesa'.
Continuing along the boulevard, at the top of the Potemkin Steps you'll reach the
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, Odesa's first governor,
looking like a Roman in a toga.
At the western end of bul Prymorsky stands the semi-derelict
Vorontsov Palace
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This was the residence of the city's third governor, built
in 1826 in a classical style with interior Arabic detailing. The Greek-style colonnade be-
hind the palace offers brilliant views over Odesa's bustling port.
Vul Derybasivska
STREET
Odesa's main commercial street, pedestrian vul Derybasivska, is jam-packed with res-
taurants, bars and, in the summer high season, tourists. At its quieter eastern end you'll
gentlemen - half-Catalan, half-Irish - built Odesa's harbour, so they named a central
street after him. At the western end of the thoroughfare is the pleasant and beautifully
several restaurants.
